Sofia Coppola Quotes

It's about misunderstandings between people and places, being disconnected and looking for moments of connection. There are so many moments in life when people don't say what they mean, when they are just missing each other, waiting to run into each other in a hallway.

When you direct is the only time you get to have the world exactly how you want it. My movies are very close to what I set out to do. And I'm super-opinionated about what I do and don't like.

I got exposed to so many different cultures and people.

That's the way I work: I try to imagine what I would like to see.

I try to just make what I want to make or what I would want to see. I try not to think about the audience too much.

It seems that the greatest difficulty is to find the end. Don't try to find it, it's there already.

You're considered superficial and silly if you are interested in fashion, but I think you can be substantial and still be interested in frivolity.

I wanted to make a love story without being nerdy.

It's always more intriguing to imagine what's happening, as opposed to seeing everything, because then you can use your imagination. I always wanted to be at a distance.

I definitely have had friendships and moments with people from different backgrounds and in different stages of their lives.

My dad told me, 'Your movie's never as good as the dailies and never as bad as the rough cut.

You don't have to be loud. If you know what you want, people respect that.

Forget the audience, make what you want to see

The unexpected connections we make might not last, yet stay with us forever

I'm always a sucker for a love story.

It's about moments in life that are great but don't last. They don't go on, but you always have the memory and they have an effect on you. That's what I was thinking about.

We were always around my dad, so he wasn't absentee at all. I don't think it was normal, but it was exciting. You always had lots of creative people around, and my parents took us everywhere.